diff --git a/toxcore/network.h b/toxcore/network.h
index 5649456..4009ed1 100644
--- a/toxcore/network.h
+++ b/toxcore/network.h
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ IP_Port;
 #define SIZE_PORT 2
 #define SIZE_IPPORT (SIZE_IP + SIZE_PORT)
 
-#define TOX_ENABLE_IPV6_DEFAULT 1
+#define TOX_ENABLE_IPV6_DEFAULT 0
 
 /* ip_ntoa
  *   converts ip into a string
